UK--2400045 (V2) | September 2025
Authors:
Dr Rosan Meyer, PhD, RD
Publish Date:
August 2024 | 3 min
Abstract:
In this short video, Dr Rosan Meyer summarises her views of the identification and management of avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). She discusses the growing awareness and identification in paediatric patients, dietetic management and the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach in the management of ARFID.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Describe the importance of a multi-disciplinary approach to ARFID.
Highlight the key considerations for dietary management.
Discuss the need for education and awareness of ARFID to support identification.
AUTHOR(S) BIO
DR ROSAN MEYER, PHD, RD
Specialist Paediatric Dietitian
Honorary Senior Lecturer, Imperial College, London
Visiting Professor, KU Leuven, Belgium and Winchester University
Rosan completed her degree in dietetics in South Africa in 1996 and finished her MSc in 2004 and PhD at Imperial College London in 2008. She was the principal research dietitian at Great Ormond Street Hospital until December 2015, and after this worked with the allergy team at St. Thomas’ Hospital until 2018.
Rosan has a busy paediatric dietetic practice in London specialising in food hypersensitivity and aversive eating and has published numerous articles and books. She is currently honorary reader and module leader for the Food Hypersensitivity Module of the MSc in Allergy at Imperial College and is visiting Professor at KU Leuven, on their MSc on Deglutology and University of Winchester on their anthropometry and ARFID module. She is also the chair of the European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Allied Health and Primary Section, and chair of the International Network for Diet and Nutrition in Allergy (INDANA) and is a Trustee for ARFID Awareness UK.
